The Dump Clump

Red-breasted Flycatcher – The Dump Clump, St Mary’s, Scilly

by chrisbutton1
Posted on 15th Oct 201924th Nov 2019
birds

Having seen the Spotted Crake and Blue-winged Teal we continued on to the Dump Clump for our third attempt for the Red-breasted Flycatcher and with the added hope of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo. The flycatcher wasn’t […]

by chrisbutton1
Posted on 14th Oct 201926th Nov 2019
birds

I had been to Scilly for a week in October in 13 almost consecutive years up to 2005. I then had a gap of 14 years but in 2019 I decided that another visit to […]

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